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PayPal Wants to Be a Lot More Than an Online Checkout Button
PayPal aims to be world’s next super app, akin to China’s Alipay and Tencent. ‘I think we have a chance,’ CEO Dan Schulman says in interview. PayPal is 20 years older but 90% smaller than its Chinese rivals and losing its attractiveness ...
UK: Loan sharks target new victims via WhatsApp and Facebook
Local WhatsApp groups have been one of the silver linings of the pandemic, creating community ties and support networks. Yet loan sharks are increasingly using these groups to extort money from their victims, according to England’s Illeg...
HK''s domestic workers to be tested again
About 340,000 domestic workers in Hong Kong will be required to get tested for the coronavirus again after three infected helpers were found after the first round of testing between May 1 and 9, but they will not be forced to have vaccin...
Desperate tourist-reliant EU nations reopen their ‘Covid-free’ zones. But can enough holidaymakers actually reach them?
EU members are yet to make a joint decision on when to reopen for non-essential travel, but several tourist-dependent countries have already chosen to walk alone, having lost part of the warm-season profits.
Five arrested under Hong Kong national security law
Suspected members of the student group ‘Returning Valiant’ are detained in a series of Thursday morning raids, and during a burglary at a secondary school the day before.
The Problem Is Facebook
Facebook’s “Supreme Court” might have upheld Donald Trump’s suspension, but that doesn’t make it a real court.
Clubhouse appears to have permanently suspended Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist and self-proclaimed 'proud Islamophobe'
The right-wing activist had already been banned from other social platforms and ride-hailing firms for incendiary comments she routinely posted on social media.
Starbucks considering leaving Facebook over hateful comments
Coffee chain is reported to be considering leaving the platform over comments left on posts about social justice issues
Secretary of State Antony Blinken: The 60 Minutes Interview
Norah O'Donnell speaks with Secretary Blinken in a wide-ranging interview that touches on China's recent military aggression, winding down the long war in Afghanistan and the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
TikTok Hires Thousands to Challenge E-Commerce King Alibaba
Zhang Yiming built ByteDance Ltd. into the world’s most valuable private company via a string of blockbuster apps like TikTok that challenged Facebook and other incumbents on their own turf. His latest target: Alibaba.
What is the difference between digital currency and cryptocurrency?
From the Bahamas to Britain, the world's biggest banks are issuing digital currencies to fend off the threat of cryptocurrencies. But how are they different?
Durian bummer
The summer season of May to August usually provides the best conditions for harvesting good durian, but this seems not to be the case for a woman who bought home an “empty” durian.
McCarthyism 2.0: Twitter Shuts Down Accounts Attempting To Evade Trump Ban
Trump was banned from Twitter, where he had more than 88 million followers, and multiple other social media platforms following the deadly Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
UK ministers urged to make tech giants responsible for scams
Coalition of organisations including City of London police and Which? demand social media sites vet adverts
Twitter Pressures Users to Self-Censor 'Offensive' Replies to Tweets
The Twitter team behind new "prompts" to users over replies that its artificial intelligence moderator has deemed offensive said they were so effective that it caused a third of users to either edit or delete their posts.
US Homeland Security Reportedly Eyeing Outside Firms to Monitor Extremists Online
In the wake of the 2020 racial justice and protests, federal authorities came under severe scrutiny after investigators with the US Department of Homeland Security compiled intelligence reports on journalists who covered the demonstratio...
Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned
Encrypted messaging app Signal has had a series of Instagram ads blocked from the social media platform, after it attempted to show users how much data the Facebook-owned company collects about them and how it's used to push targeted ads.
Two influencers face possible deportation from Bali after a viral fake-mask prank video
Influencers identified as Josh Paler Lin and Leia Se are facing deportation from Bali, Indonesia, after their mask-prank video drew ire.
Farmer moves 200-year-old French border with Belgium by mistake
"We will have to put things back in place," the local Belgian mayor of Erquelinnes said.
Facebook Censorship protecting the public from reality: Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump's suspension but says further review is needed
Facebook's Oversight Board has ruled, according to their paid-by-Facebook-opinion, that while the company was justified in censoring the President and suspending Trump from communicating with his 84 million followers on Jan. 7, Facebook...
Facebook blocks, then restores, content calling on Indian Prime Minister Modi to resign
Social-media giant said it erroneously censored posts tagged with #ResignModi as India faces devastating Covid-19 surge
China and Hong Kong Internet Data Center Market Size to Reach Revenues of around USD 35 Billion by 2026 - Arizton
In-depth analysis and data-driven insights on the impact of COVID-19 included in this China and Hong Kong data center market report.
Apple's App Store draws developer ire and legal challenge
While Apple chief Tim Cook touts the brand's App Store as an economic miracle, Fortnite-maker Epic Games says developers suffer under its tyranny.
India Is What Happens When Rich People Do Nothing
The chamber of horrors the country now finds itself in was not caused by any one man, or any single government.
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